Miata Mailing List: February 1998, Message #221
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From: 	Don Whiteside <whiteside@tequilaresearch.com>

Subject: RE: old rain rail

Date: 	Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:10:44 +0000



At 03:12 PM 2/2/1998 +0000, Ryles Dodd wrote:



>I think calling this guy a weasel might be a little bit harsh.  I've   

>visited his website and he is merely offering a place to freely advertise   

>parts for sale.  While I think offering your rain rail for $5 is great,   

>and I commend you for it, by posting to the list rather than going   

>through the classifieds (and thus generating revenue for the list) you   

>are "guilty" of the same things this guy was accused of and thus flamed   

>for.  Please don't get me wrong, I think you are doing a great service by   

>offering your old rain rail, I just fell like this guy might have gotten   

>a bad rep.



Ryles, as far as making money for the list, I take your point and it's a

good idea, I hadn't considered Miata.net. Sam, would you encourage the club

member who is getting this rail to write a $5 check to Eunos to thank them

for providing the means to hook him/her up with this rail? I already set

the terms and won't go back and modify it to require it but it would be a

nice action on his/her part.



However I target Mr Parts Trader with the "weasel" designation for other

reasons.



(a) he deliberately subverts the wishes of the listowners by collecting

addresses from mailings. The subscriber list is NOT made available for

other people. He punishes people who contribute to this list by sending

them unsolicited email.

(2) he's a mail spammer who sends unsolicited ads, regardless of profit

motive, an act I find detestable and on the same (im)moral level as

telephone solicitors.

(c) while he provides a "free" area (I refuse to go there and add to his

hit count, but I imagine he has revenue generating ads) which the eunos

site is not, he used the free service eunos provides to get those addresses

to spam.



In other words, it's his methods I find contemptable, not his actions.



>Flame suit on and activated,



I will never flame someone for a politely stated dissenting opinion, unless

perhaps it was a morally bankrupt one like promoting theft or something.